Hyundai Motor union warns against humanoid robot deployment

Hyundai Motor’s labor union stated its strong opposition to the carmaker’s plan for deploying humanoid robots across its major assembly lines here and abroad. “The introduction of artificial intelligence (AI) robots — aimed at cutting labor costs — becomes visible,” the union said in a statement, Thursday. “The union warns that not a single robot can be deployed at worksites without an agreement between the union and management.” Starting this year, Hyundai Motor Group has identified the Atlas humanoid robot as its next major growth engine in the burgeoning era of physical AI. The carmaker unveiled the vision during this year’s CES tech fair when it displayed a concrete plan to deploy Boston Dynamics’ Atlas robots to Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America (HMGMA) by 2028. Regarding concerns over the impact on the job market, Hyundai Motor said robots will focus primarily on repetitive and dangerous tasks avoided by humans, so the deployment of humanoid robots at factories will improve the overall labor efficiency. The union, however, stepped up its negative rhetoric agaWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times